Are you suggesting that Shanks terrorized more than it seems?
Sometimes the answer is just simple, all the times they hung out drunk on random ass islands; they claimed they were under their protection. His way of making friends is very similar to Luffy, and Luffy got endless subordinates which he didn't even ask for. No doubt Shanks got them in the same way.
Sometimes the answer is just simple, all the times they hung out drunk on random ass islands; they claimed they were under their protection. His way of making friends is very similar to Luffy, and Luffy got endless subordinates which he didn't even ask for. No doubt Shanks got them in the same way.
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I think Shanks has good or noble intentions but is probably involved in some darker things than people expect, yeah. I don't think he's evil, just that Luffy is significantly more moral than Shanks is. I don't believe in the idea that Luffy got his morality from Shanks, what he actually learned from Shanks is "pirates don't fight fair." and "pirates have freedom."